My little man and I played ball in the park today for a while by ourselves. I was showing him how to keep moving on the court, how to cut to the basket and a few more basketball fundamentals. I’m not a coach and never played past the 8th grade but I’ve played a few…
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Life… It’s amazing how things happen. When I was in junior high, I tried out for the 8th grade basketball team. I had to go one-on-one against a kid who seemed like he was already 6’4” while I was 4’8” or so. I did my best Curly Neal/Harlem Globetrotter impression and dribbled around him. I…
Read moreA Visit By The Doctor-Dr. J
I watched a documentary on Netflix called “Iverson” this afternoon. I saw it before, but I wanted to check it out again. Wow, the story of Allen Iverson. He was quite an influence on the league and on many players in the NBA. But this guy?!? He was my hero from the late 70’s and…
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The Independent Thinker
I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African-American,” he said. “That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about…
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Is Gabrielle Union being unromantic or is this a wise move on her part? Is she planning for a divorce or protecting her assets? Is she being wise or selfish? If a man does this, would you feel the same?
Read moreDwyane Wade – A Father First
Dwyane Wade on David Letterman’s show – Tuesday August 4th, 2012 I heard about his book a long time ago. I have always like Dwyane. He is a great basketball player and seems like a really good person. I think more stories of men fighting and beating a system where fathers usually come out on…
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